Everyday energy- micro chargers and batteries

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A lot of things we set in motion can store energy. When I walk, my earphone cord swings around; I move my hand around
I set my watch in motion. Even my bag moves around. A pendulum could move around when I move, as I often accelerate and decelerate (relative velocity between me and the pendulum is not zero so that it vibrates), and as it strikes the walls of the box, that produces energy
maybe by electromagnetic induction storing energy in a capacitor; or a fluid that jiggles around storing the elastic potential energy against some elastic membrane. The idea is to use energies during motion, in daily life with micro chargers and batteries. Maybe when athletes swim, the pressure difference in my cap can charge a battery used to produce sound waves that help them relax. Shoes would probably be the best place to use such micro chargers and batteries. Maybe shoes with a fluid in the shoal can store energy and release it later as sort of a massage, or in other form. Wheelchairs can be equipped with batteries and chargers that charge when people move. The battery can be used to operate something that helps people get up from their wheelchairs. Eye glasses can be equipped with nano-chargers and batteries that charge when people move their glasses (when removing them or putting them on), the battery can be used to power wipers or something else to clean the glasses. Pens or pencils can have micro chargers-people write a lot. The energy can be used for something else, or if we can use suitable ink material-the energy can heat the ink or electrolyze the ink and probably change the color or remove the ink away from paper with light. We use towels every day, towels can have waterproof micro chargers that could be used for something-the energy from when we move them around. Winter clothes can contain batteries
absorbing the body heat slightly, the temperature falls again as energy is stored and it absorbs some more heat (but just a tiny amount)-an idea similar to charging from sound. We move our mobile phones a lot. We could harvest the energy of the motion in chargers in mobile phone. Tap heads could have batteries-they move around a lot. Hairdresser scissors and spoons could have batteries (the things that move around a lot) and the energy maybe used for wiping. Mattresses can have batteries and chargers. We move around in sleep. That energy can be used to produce radio frequencies that help people have better sleep. We push keys on the laptop keyboard a lot. The energy can be stored to be used as backlighting effect. Car tires bump into non-uniform surfaces. That elastic potential energy could be used to charged micro motors that can suck some air in and autofill air in tires. Soccer balls can have batteries and can power cameras in the ball for better understanding crucial decisions. Dustbins can have micro chargers and batteries. When things are dropped with a certain speed, the shape at the bottom may change to accumulate the liquid at the bottom in a corner. Grocery packets can have batteries and chargers, powering tiny robots to fold the wrapper into a tiny box. That would probably be the future of waste collection. Micro robots and chargers can together harness the energy in daily activities that involve movements. Small amounts of energy collected from a lot of such sources could add up to significant amounts. That to me, is extremely fascinating
harnessing the energy in daily movements. And it is really exciting how we can customize micro chargers and batteries to harness everyday energy.

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